174 The Fermentation of Cacao 
over first box to facilitate measurement of 
cacao and to ensure cleanliness and order inside 
the building, and an arrangement whereby 
carriers of cacao may deliver their load to the 
sweating box without entering the building. 
An ideal system of cacao-curing buildings 
under one roof would be..— 
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In such a building, all under lock and key, 
with clean concrete floors, and secure from 
adverse weather conditions, two charges of 
cacao per ordinary working day (or three 
charges working overtime) might be passed 
through the vacuum dryer and polisher, and each 
day’s output from the sweating. boxes. bagged? 
